During the 50th Anniversary Year of Scouting (1959), a proposal was made to establish the memorial on a site in Washington, D.C. Lyndon B. Johnson, who was the Senate majority leader at the time, introduced the measure to the Senate. The memorial was eventually unveiled in a ceremony on November 7, 1964.

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During the 50th Anniversary Year of Scouting (1959), a proposal was made to establish the memorial on a site in Washington, D.C. Lyndon B. Johnson, who was the Senate majority leader at the time, introduced the measure to the Senate. The memorial was eventually unveiled in a ceremony on November 7, 1964.